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The Looming US-China Crisis in the South China Sea
The long-running, multi-party dispute over control of islets in the South China Sea (SCS) is worsening both ...Dominican Republic ready to resume deportations
Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for ...Thousands rally as Hong Kong braces for democracy showdown
Hong Kong is gearing up for a vote this week on a contentious electoral reform package backed by Beijing, with a weekend ...Child sacrifice for wealth and power in Uganda
Kanani and Sylvia, brother and sister aged nine and eight, were grazing the family cattle in rural Uganda when they were approached ...Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US air strike
A veteran Islamist militant blamed for masterminding an Algerian gasfield attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in ...Swedish prosecutors plan to question Assange in June or July
Swedish prosecutors plan to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador\'s embassy in London in June or July, the prosecutor said on ...World leaders accused of shameful failure over refugee crisis
Rights group Amnesty International on Monday slammed world leaders for "condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence" and demanded they work ...Quake-hit Nepal reopens damaged heritage sites for tourists
Nepal on Monday reopened most of the cultural heritage sites that were damaged in a pair of devastating earthquakes, hoping to lure ...Austrian swimmers win medal after bus crash
Austria won a synchronized swimming silver medal at the European Games on Monday, just four days after three members of the team ...Syria says at least 23 killed in rebel shelling in Aleppo
At least 23 people were killed and 100 wounded on Monday in Syrian rebel rocket fire on government-held parts of the city ...